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Viewer Video of Vineland Police Shooting

Police shot and killed a man in Vineland, New Jersey over the weekend. So far investigators have released few details regarding what led to the shooting and have not yet revealed whether or not the man was armed. NBC10 obtained video of the incident from a witness.

(Published Monday, July 16, 2018)

What to Know

A police officer who shot and killed a man in Vineland, New Jersey, over the weekend has been placed on administrative leave.

Witnesses said the confrontation lasted for more than ten minutes and the man appeared to have a water bottle in his hand.

Police were called to West Wood Street between Boulevard and 4th Street around 11:20 a.m. Saturday for a report of a man acting suspiciously. When they arrived, they found a man standing on the front porch of a home.

An encounter between the officers and the man lasted for several minutes. At some point the officers shot and killed 37-year-old Rashaun Washington, of Bridgeton, New Jersey. Investigators have not yet revealed whether he was armed or what led to the shooting, only saying that an officer "discharged their weapon" and had been placed on administrative leave.

NBC10 obtained viewer videos showing multiple officers, some with their guns drawn, lined up on Wood Street near a shirtless man standing in a yard.

“The guy came around the car and he came toward them and they shot him three times,” Christopher Cueves, another witness, told NBC10.

In one of the videos you hear the sound of three gunshots though the camera points away from the shooting. After the shots are fired, the video shows the officers appearing to spray a substance on Washington as he lies on the ground.